cunta
Asturian
Verb
cunta
- inflection of cuntar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman conte and Old French comte (“count”), from Latin comes (“companion”).
Noun
cunta m (genitive singular cunta, nominative plural cuntaí)
- count (rank of nobility)
Related terms
Mutation
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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cunta | chunta | gcunta |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cunta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkun.ta/
- Rhymes: -unta
- Hyphenation: cùn‧ta
Etymology 1
From Latin cūnctor (“to hesitate”).
Noun
cunta f (plural cunte)
- (obsolete) delay, pause
- Synonym: indugio
- 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 1–6; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- «O tu che se’ di là dal fiume sacro»,
volgendo suo parlare a me per punta,
che pur per taglio m’era paruto acro,
ricominciò, seguendo sanza cunta,
«dì, dì se questo è vero; a tanta accusa
tua confession conviene esser congiunta».- "O thou who art beyond the sacred river," turning to me the point of her discourse, that edgewise even had seemed to me so keen, she recommenced, continuing without pause, "Say, say if this be true; to such a charge, thy own confession needs must be conjoined."
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cunta
- inflection of cuntare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Cognate with Old English *cunte (compare English cunt), Middle Dutch conte, and Swedish kunta.
Noun
cunta f
Usage notes
Descendants
- Middle High German: kunt
References
Turkish
Etymology
Noun
cunta (definite accusative cuntayı, plural cuntalar)
Further reading
- “cunta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu